1806—James Henckel is granted a patent in England on a coffee dryer, "an invention communicated to him by a certain foreigner."
1806—The first French patent on an improved French drip coffee pot for making coffee by filtration, without boiling, is granted to Hadrot.
1806—The coffee percolator (really an improved French drip coffee pot) is invented by Count Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), an expatriated American scientist, in Paris.
1809—The first importation of Brazil coffee by the United States arrives at Salem, Mass.
1809—Coffee becomes an article of commerce in Brazil.
1811—Walter Rochfort, a London grocer and tea dealer, obtains a patent in London on a compressed coffee tablet.
1812—Coffee in England is roasted in an iron pan or hollow cylinder made of sheet iron; and then is pounded in a mortar, or ground in a hand-mill.
1812—Anthony Schick is granted an English patent on a method, or process, for roasting coffee, for which specifications were never enrolled.
1812—Coffee is roasted in Italy in a glass flask with a loose cork, held over a clear fire of burning coals and continually agitated.
1812—The import duty, on coffee in the United States is increased to ten cents a pound as a war-revenue measure.